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Former National Blitz Champion CM Quek Suan Shiau tied for 2nd in the Welsh Championships 2000 behind LeightonWiliams. Here's his last round win over Michael Binks who had beaten Singapore's IA/IO Ignatius Leong at the Elista Olympiad 98
.1.d4 d5 2.e3
Snooze... not exactly the most exciting of variations…I guess he didn’t want to face Suan's QGA
2...Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6!? 4.c3 e5
now we have a reversed French without the loss of any tempi= [4...Bg4 5.f3 Bd7 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 g6 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.fxe5 Ne8 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nf3 b6 14.h4 Ng7 15.Qf2 Nh5 16.g3 h6 17.Nh2 g5 18.Qg2 Kh8 19.Be2 Alvarez,J-Leiva,M/Santiago de Chile 1997/EXT 98/1-0 (41)]
5.Nd2
[5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Bc2 Be7 7.f4 Bg4 8.Ne2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Ng6 10.0-0 0-0 11.e4 Re8 12.f5 Nf8 13.Bg5 N6d7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Na3 Nf6 16.Rf3 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Rf4 Nd7 19.Rg4 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Qxf5 21.Rf1 Qe6 22.Rg3 Rad8 23.Rf4 Nc5 24.Rfg4 g6 25.h3 f5 26.Rg5 Qe5 27.Nb5 Ne6 28.Rxg6+ hxg6 29.Rxg6+ Ng7 30.Qc4+ Kh7 31.Qf7 Rd1# 0-1 Fernandes,E-Bascope,N/Pan American-ch 1997/EXT 99 (31)]
5...Bd6 6.Ne2 0-0N 7.Ng3 Re8 8.Be2 Qe7 =+
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9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Nxe5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qxe5 13.Qc2 g6
[13...c5 14.Qf5 Qe7 15.0-0 White has more room to breathe as compared to the text.]
14.b3 Rad8 15.Bb2 a5!
daring White to castle long!
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16…Qe7 17.c4 Be5! 18.Kb1 Bxb2 19.Kxb2 a4
crash…
20.c5 axb3 21.axb3 b6 22.cxb6 cxb6 23.Qc3
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23...Ng4!
Preventing White from contesting the a-file with connected rooks by tying down one of them.
24.Rd2 Ne5 25.Rc1 Ra8 26.Ra1 Rac8
All part of the tactical ploy!
27.Qd4 Nc4+!!
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28.bxc4 Qb4+ 29.Kc1 Rxc4+ 30.Qxc4 dxc4 31.Rb1 Qa3+ 32.Kd1 c3 33.Rc2 Qa4 34.Ne2 Rd8+ 35.Nd4 Rxd4+! 36.exd4 Qxd4+ 37.Kc1 Qf4+ 38.Kd1 Qc4 39.Ke1 Qe4+ 40.Kd1 Qd3+
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and 41.Kc1 Qf1 is mate otherwise 41. Ke1 drops the c2 rook. Nice way to end a tournament! 0-1
